Month: June 2020

BBC Africa launches Covid-19 misinformation hub

Stuart Mitchell

To combat what the World Health Organization has called an ‘infodemic’ around COVID-19, BBC News Africa is launching a searchable library of fact-checks, debunking popular myths and misinformation about coronavirus in Africa. During this pandemic, misinformation about COVID-19 has spread far and wide, posing a real threat to public health. The COVID-19 misinformation hub provides audiences with trusted journalism from the BBC in a concise and visually engaging format that is mobile-friendly and highly shareable. Audiences can explore the fact-check library, which will grow over the coming months, by keyword,…

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Sky announces additional £1.5 million for AdSmart SME Support Scheme

Stuart Mitchell

Due to overwhelming interest in its AdSmart SME Support Scheme, Sky Media announces it will extend the opportunity to advertise on TV to an additional 150 businesses. The initial SME100 campaign now becomes SME250 as Sky Media invests a total of £2.5 million into the fund, bringing the total number of small businesses supported to 250. AdSmart’s flexibility has proven extremely useful for established large advertisers as well as regional businesses over the last few months, and as lockdown eases more brands are returning to TV every day. With more…

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Unilever sets out new actions to fight climate change, and protect and regenerate nature, to preserve resources for future generations

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever has set out a new range of measures and commitments designed to improve the health of the planet by taking even more decisive action to fight climate change, and protect and regenerate nature, to preserve resources for future generations. Unilever will achieve Net Zero emissions from all our products by 2039. We will also empower, and work with, a new generation of farmers and smallholders, driving programmes to protect and restore forests, soil and biodiversity; and we will work with governments and other organisations to improve access to water…

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Tech Nation launches new Net Zero 1.0 programme

Stuart Mitchell

Tech Nation, have launched a brand new programme for companies that help reduce the emission of greenhouse gases to Net Zero by 2050.  With the aim to help scale UK tech that is working towards a more sustainable future, Net Zero 1.0 is open to digital tech or hardware businesses which help the UK reduce greenhouse gas emissions directly or indirectly. Digital Minister, Caroline Dinenage said: “The UK is at the forefront of the cleantech revolution and we are committed to making sure the sector has the right conditions to…

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IEA offers world governments a Sustainable Recovery Plan to boost economic growth, create millions of jobs and put emissions into structural decline

Stuart Mitchell

The International Energy Agency has presented a Sustainable Recovery Plan focusing on a series of actions that can be taken over the next three years to revitalise economies and boost employment while making energy systems cleaner and more resilient. Set out in a Special Report on Sustainable Recovery from the IEA’s flagship World Energy Outlook series, the plan offers an energy sector roadmap for governments to spur economic growth, create millions of jobs and put global emissions into structural decline. By integrating energy policies into government responses to the economic…

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